{"id":1919,"date":"2009-02-17T22:52:41","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T04:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2009-02-17T23:02:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-18T05:02:56","slug":"news-and-blog-posts-around-the-net-february-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/news-and-blog-posts-around-the-net-february-17th\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Blog Posts Around the Net: February 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bikingbis.com\/blog\/_archives\/2009\/2\/17\/4096083.html\" target=\"_blank\">Biking Bis &#8211; <strong>Bicycle<\/strong> Touring and More :: 5 states, including <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">Gene Bisbee<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The legislatures in five states &#8212; Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, <strong>Texas<\/strong> and Washington &#8212; are considering bills in 2009 that require motorists leave at least 3 feet of clearance when passing a person riding a <strong>bicycle<\/strong>. <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/cycling\/entries\/2009\/02\/16\/lan.html?cxntfid=blogs_road_rash\" target=\"_blank\">Bikes bandits wising up | Road Rash<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">Jason Whaley<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Exploring Central <strong>Texas<\/strong>. And beyond., First, the worst serial <strong>bicycle<\/strong> thief in the southwest United States comes to Austin and pilfers close to $60000 worth of bikes. Next, Lance Armstrong\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s time trial bike gets lifted at the Tour of <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.kgsbikes.com\/2009\/02\/17\/one-more-encounter\/\" target=\"_blank\">KGS Bikes &#8211; One more encounter story from Lydia Kelly \u00c2\u00ab KGS Bikes Blog<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">kgsbikes<\/span><\/div>\n<p>I <strong>ride<\/strong> the Mission Trails and the area south from Floresville spanning west to Somerset. Let me tell you Lydia, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s awful scary for a cyclist who is playing by the rules, but still gets cut off, brushed by, has objects and <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/activerain.com\/blogsview\/938632\/Tour-de-Cure-2009\" target=\"_blank\">Real Estate Blog &#8211; Tour de Cure 2009<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">Robin Scott &#8211; Broker CRS ABR SRS Austin&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<p>If you enjoy long distance bike rides, consider becoming part of the Tour de Cure 2009 American Diabetes Association (ADA) bike <strong>ride<\/strong> fund raiser sponsored by Valero May 30th and 31st. It&#8217;s for a good cause and it&#8217;s a lot of fun. If you can&#8217; t make the <strong>ride<\/strong>, ADA is always, <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/fitcity\/entries\/2009\/02\/17\/lets_run_kelso_out_of_town.html\" target=\"_blank\">Let&#8217;s run Kelso out of town!<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">Austin 360 &#8211; Austin,TX,USA<\/span><\/div>\n<p>I was experiencing a post-<strong>cycling<\/strong> high. If more folks ran and walked and biked everywhere, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d all be a lot more cheerful. Kelso thinks we should have a <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"http:\/\/texascycle.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/rethinking-training-plan.html\" href=\"http:\/\/texascycle.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/rethinking-training-plan.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Texas Cycle &#8211; Rethinking Training Plan<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>I was bringing my training log up to date and felt vexed at the recommended mileage\/hours\/yards in the training plan I got off trinewbies. I know one has to make adjustments based on schedule, weather etc.&#8211;which is why I made last week by default a recovery week (even though it should be this week).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/southernbikes.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/texas-cycling-country-steve-john-brad.html\" target=\"_blank\">Southern Bikes: <strong>Texas Cycling<\/strong> Country: Steve, John, &amp; Brad<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">elizabeth<\/span><\/div>\n<p>As if a stay in a cozy home and a delicious breakfast wasn&#8217;t enough, Brad also gave us each a little Baggie of homemade chocolate cookies\u00e2\u20ac\u201dhis mother&#8217;s recipe. This is <strong>Texas Cycling<\/strong> Country, and people down here just <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.volunteermatch.org\/search\/opp453409.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">Austin <strong>Cycling<\/strong> Association: Event Coordinator for Armadillo Hill <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\"><span class=\"entry-source-title-parent\"><a class=\"entry-source-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/view\/user\/09591171929574741210\/state\/com.google\/alerts\/14384759564274017207?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>This <strong>cycling<\/strong> event attracts over 1000 cyclists to ride between 14-105 miles in the <strong>Texas<\/strong> Hill Country. The event coordinator oversees a volunteer committee to plan and implement this annual event. Committee activities include soliciting <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a class=\"entry-title-link\" href=\"http:\/\/teamquickrelease.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/season-underway.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kenda <strong>MTB<\/strong> Team: Season Underway<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-author\">by <span class=\"entry-author-name\">Kenda Mountain Bike Team<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In <strong>Texas<\/strong>, Danielle Musto competed in the Mas o Menos 100k, the first event of the USA Cycling Ultra Endurance Series. She finished 5th, making the podium in her opening bid to win the series for 2009. Check back for athlete updates soon <strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biking Bis &#8211; Bicycle Touring and More :: 5 states, including &#8230; by Gene Bisbee The legislatures in five states &#8212; Colorado, Maryland, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington &#8212; are considering bills in 2009 that require motorists leave at least <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/17\/news-and-blog-posts-around-the-net-february-17th\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[660],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-uX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}